Gulfport-Biloxi International in January 2026

75.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 235 domestic departures from Gulfport-Biloxi International (GPT). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 8.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so GPT departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 279 departures with 76.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at GPT that month were on time 72.5% of the time (236 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 72%, air carrier 18% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 77.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 8.5%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from GPT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	GPT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.3%	76.7%	83.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	77.4%	76.3%	83.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	8.5%	14.0%	2.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	8.9 min	15.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	9	8	18,133
Scheduled departures	235	279	3,006	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	96	41%	77.1%	-1.3 min	6.3%
OH PSA Airlines	83	35%	74.7%	21.4 min	13.3%
MQ Envoy Air	56	24%	82.1%	-2.0 min	5.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GPT–ATL	Gulfport/Biloxi to Atlanta	96	77.1%	-1.3 min	6.3%
GPT–DFW	Gulfport/Biloxi to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	80.4%	-0.4 min	8.7%
GPT–CLT	Gulfport/Biloxi to Charlotte	47	72.3%	35.8 min	12.8%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	18.0%	37.3%	755
Late-arriving aircraft	71.8%	35.0%	3,016
National Aviation System	2.9%	18.0%	121
Extreme weather	6.7%	9.6%	281
Security	0.6%	0.1%	26

4,199 delay minutes on 32 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left GPT on time in January 2026?

75.3% of 235 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 76.7% of 279 departures left on time and 14.0% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 8.5% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GPT · methodology · corrections.